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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sowerthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Sowretwaite 1597 PRClp
  • Southat 1658 ib
  • Southwaite 1771 M

Etymology

, Sowretwaite 1597 PRClp, Southat 1658 ib, Southwaite 1771 M , ' sour clearing ' , v. sūr , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement